Technical discussions are hard; a few tips](http//gael-varoquaux.info/programming/technical-discussions-are-hard-a-few-tips.html#little-things-that-help) - Gaël Varoquaux

This resource first appeared in issue #26 on 29 May 2020 and has tags Technical Leadership: Other

Technical discussions are hard; a few tips](http://gael-varoquaux.info/programming/technical-discussions-are-hard-a-few-tips.html#little-things-that-help) - Gaël Varoquaux

The challenges of maintaining community software as seen by a well known neuroscience and machine learning software developer and manager at INRIA. Varoquaux discusses maintainer’s anxiety, contributor’s fatigue, the difficulty of communication. Varoquaux also describes things he’s found that helped:

  • Hear the other: exchange
  • Foster multiway discussions
  • Don’t seek victory
  • Convey ideas well: pedagogy
  • Cater for emotions: tone
  • Give your understanding
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